<p>What is the range of SAT score acceptable for Ivy Leagues, can someone start out low and improve to a high score, will Ivys like that... comments anyone.</p>
<p>2250 is what I have heard. If you start low and go high, that just shows your determination and would not hurt you.</p>
<p>2250 as the base, the ceiling, or the midpoint?</p>
<p>2250 is the equivilent of a 1500... Harvards average Sat is a 1450 so i would say around a 2200 or so is a solid score</p>
<p>i'm gonna say upenn/cornell... 2100... just so i can fall into the range ;)</p>
<p>I picked up a Princeton Review paper from my College/Career Center today and it had a list of expected new SAT averages:
-Harvard 2240
-Princeton 2210
-Columbia 2150
-Yale 2200
-U Penn. 2150
-MIT 2220</p>
<p>PS. I'm guessing they just converted the old scores since no published conversion charts are out yet.</p>
<p>i wish you had just kept that to yourself........</p>
<p>Whoooo... Yeah Penn!!!!</p>
<p>What's Georgetown's average, as well as Cornell University's?</p>
<p>-Cornell 2080
-Georgetown 2070</p>
<p>Dostojevski: Thank your very much for the information; those two schools are both my top choices.</p>
<p>Looks like if you aim for 2250, you're in the average/above-average area. Hum.</p>
<p>But remember anything is really acceptable, SAT scores make up a small portion of the evaluation of the applicant. As so I've been told at least..</p>
<p>o god looks like my shots for harvards over :( i knew i shouldve bought the barrons book nd studied instead of the crappy princeton review. all i ever learned was joe blogg's answers, which was irrelevent AND stupid</p>
<p>lol joe blogg</p>
<p>i'm sorry :(</p>
<p>k0w....why? you still have a couple opportunities!</p>
<p>oh damn
im at 2240</p>
<p>harvard.......?</p>
<p>HAHA yeah right</p>
<p>im hoping for upenn though.........</p>
<p>Well just keep in mind, getting a certain SAT score doesn't mean you're qualified to go to a top-tier college. Also the converse is true - if you don't get a 2240, it certainly doesn't mean you can't get into Harvard, or that you shouldn't even try. GPA, courseload, ECs, recs, and essays also play a very large role. I don't mean to state the obvious, but a list like this seems to encourage people to rate their "chances" based solely on an SAT score. The process is totally holistic and I think we lose sight of that during these crazy SAT-results binges.</p>
<p>Guys, really, stop worrying about your scores. Take it from someone who just went through this ordeal we all know as the college admission process. </p>
<p>I think what college looks for are people who show that they are truly self-motivated - who go beyond the academic/extracurricular norm by demonstrating active engagement and intellectual curiosity. "Everyone" has good grades, good test scores, a nice list of extracurriculars, and a pile of awards (that's a fair generalization for anyone who has a chance for acceptance). The ones that are accepted do, indeed, have something (or things) more - community college courses, internships, athletic talents, the aforementioned research, or just a hell of a story to tell in their essays. </p>
<p>The colleges I applied to definitely don't care about perfect GPAs and test scores because there are so many people that have them. You can be such a brilliant person to everyone who meets you, but to an adcom, you're just a couple of pages of text. We ALL deserve to get into such a school, but many of us do not and that's just the reality of the process. Because of this reality, our applications really gotta show how we don't fit the mold of a stereotypical applicant. Is an adcom gonna remember your essay about losing in the semi-finals of a robotics or debate competition, or is he going to remember your essay about how an inspirational (or even traumatizing) childhood experience has molded you into the amazing person that you are today? Showing how you are unique among even the best and the brightest is everything. </p>
<p>I think the point is learn, learn well, learn what you want to learn and excell in that field. Grade schmades, tests schmests, do what you love and do it well.</p>
<p>I got a 1500 on the old test and 2100 on the new one. Is this the end for all of my hopes and dreams since my score went "major" lower???</p>
<p>P.S. I do not want to retake the test. I'm tired of SATs....</p>